Suspect in Columbia standoff charged with 10 felonies
Matthew Sanders
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A man arrested early Sunday after a standoff in south Columbia was charged Monday with 10 felonies, including armed criminal action.
Rodquel Jones, 21, of Columbia, was charged with six counts of first-degree harassment and one count each of unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action, resisting arrest and stealing a gun, according to online court records.
Columbia police began their investigation Saturday night after Jones’ mother and other family members who were gathered together for Thanksgiving weekend reported Jones making shooting threats via a video call and other messages, according to a probable cause statement.
Officers returned to the residence on Lighthouse Court in Columbia after dispatchers received multiple shots-fired calls, the statement says. When police then went to Jones’ Sieville Avenue residence, they heard a gun rack slide as if someone was loading a weapon, the statement says.
Jones then allegedly told officers he wasn’t coming out. A SWAT team later searched the residence and arrested Jones after about six hours.
Police say they found a gun in the residence that had been stolen from one of Jones’ relatives.
Jones remained in the Boone County Jail on Monday afternoon on no bond. An initial court hearing was set for Monday afternoon.